Evan Lordan

I am a freelance director, co-founder of Conflicted Theatre & I am currently the Associate Director on Touching the Void, which is running at Duke of York’s Theatre in London’s West End.

Conflicted Theatre’s mission from the outset was to create new work that attempted to tell story through action & image rather than leaning too heavily on spoken word. We write & devise new work, which is sometimes immersive and/or site specific. I love putting the audience at the center of the action so that they become entangled, unable distance themselves from the themes of the show.

That said, while pursuing my masters I enjoyed reading more & more plays & as a result I have directed Tender Napalm by Philip Ridley & assisted on shows like The Cherry Orchard, Mad Forest & How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found. When creating end-on shows I still begin by trying to work out how to generate a sense of complicity between the characters & audience. I want audience to feel as if they have actively been part of an event, rather than simply watching from the safety of a dark auditorium.

Video, information & images of this & my other work can be found on my website, www.evanlordan.com

Credits

Associate Director, Touching the Void, The Duke
of York’s Theatre, 16 Weeks 2019/20
Director & Co-writer, Fiji, The Omnibus Theatre, 1 Week 2019
Assistant Director, Mad Forest, The Wickham Theatre, Bristol, 1 Week 2018
Director, Tender Napalm, The Wardrobe, Bristol, One Week, 2018
Assistant Director, The Cherry Orchard, Bristol Old Vic Theatre
& The Royal Exchange, Manchester – 8 Weeks 2018
Assistant Director, How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found, The Station, Bristol, 1 Week, 2017
Co-Director & Co-creator, Cork Midsummer Festival & Dublin Fringe, 3 Weeks, 2017
Co-Director & Co-creator, With Charles Mee by Charles Mee, Cork Midsummer Festival, 2 Weeks 2015
Director & Co-creator, We Make Gods, The Granary Theatre, Cork, 1 Week, 2014

Training

Masters Degree in Directing Drama, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, 2018.

Bachelor of Drama and Theatre Studies, University College Cork, 2011

Music, Management and Sound, Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa, Cork, 2002

I have taken part in the MAKE Residency (2015), run by Dublin Fringe, Cork Midsummer Festival & Theatre Forum at the Tyrone Guthrie Institute, Co. Monaghan, Ireland & Druid Theatre's Emerging Artist Residency in Galway (2015)